ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — The New York Mets placed infielder Ronny Mauricio on the 10-day injured list Sunday with a left thumb fracture and selected the contract of infielder Vidal Brujan from Triple-A Syracuse.
To make room for Brujan on the 40-man roster, infielder Eric Wagaman was designated for assignment.
Mauricio was injured in Saturday’s game against the Los Angeles Angels when he dived into first base in the seventh inning while beating out an infield single. Mauricio remained on base but did not return to shortstop in the bottom of the inning.
Mets manager Carlos Mendoza said Mauricio could be out as long as two months, with the club set to get more details on the injury.
“So he’s going to get a CT scan (Monday), but regardless of the severity, what they’re saying is it is going to be six to eight weeks,” Mendoza said before Sunday’s series finale against the Angels.
Mauricio, 25, was batting .219 in 10 games this season and hit his first home run of the season in Friday’s series opener.
Brujan, 28, is set to make his Mets debut after he was acquired from the Minnesota Twins in January. He is a career .199 hitter with five home runs and 48 RBIs in 261 career games for four different clubs, including his first three seasons with the Tampa Bay Rays (2021-23).
Mendoza said he will use the right-handed hitting Bo Bichette and the switch-hitting Brujan interchangeably at shortstop moving forward.
“It will be matchup based when I want to get lefties in there and when I want righties and play some of the other guys around the field, whether it’s Tyrone (Taylor) or (Mark) Vientos against right-handed pitching,” Mendoza said. “But when it’s a tough matchup right-on-right, I also want to get in some of the lefties (including) Brujan.
“So, fluid day to day, and we’ll go from there.”
The Mets are dealing with a number of position player injuries, including first baseman Jorge Polanco (wrist), shortstop Francisco Lindor (calf) and outfielder Luis Robert Jr. (back).
“I don't think anybody anticipated anything like that,” Mendoza said. “You know you're going to face adversity, but to get hit with so many positions players, I don't think you can prepare for something like this. But hey, nobody's going to feel sorry (for us). People need to step up and we gotta keep going.”
Wagaman, 28, was claimed off waivers from the Twins on Monday. He played 140 games for the Miami Marlins last season, batting .250 with nine home runs and 53 RBIs.
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New York Mets' Ronny Mauricio is congratulated by teammates in the dugout after hitting a solo home run during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels, Friday, May 1, 2026, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
HYDERABAD, India (AP) — Indian Premier League leader Punjab Kings lost its second straight game in a four-wicket defeat to Gujarat Titans on Sunday.
Punjab recovered from losing two wickets in the opening three balls of the match to post 163-9 after being made to bat first by Gujarat, which reached 167-6 with one ball remaining.
Suryansh Shedge (57 runs off 29 balls) and Marcus Stoinis (40 off 31) shared a 79-run partnership for Punjab’s sixth wicket. West Indies pacer Jason Holder took 4-24 in four overs.
Mohammed Siraj (2-28) did the early damage for Gujarat, claiming Priyansh Arya on the second ball of the game, and Cooper Connolly on the third. Punjab skipper Shreyas Iyer (19) denied India quick Siraj his hat trick.
Washington Sundar guided Gujarat's successful chase, finishing on 40 not out off 23 balls, after opener Sai Sudharsan hit a 41-ball 57.
Punjab, which lost its previous game to Rajasthan Royals, has a one-point lead over Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Sunrisers Hyderabad, Rajasthan and Gujarat.
Earlier Sunday, spinner Varun Chakravarthy took 3-36 as Kolkata Knight Riders beat Hyderabad by seven wickets with 10 balls remaining.
Sunil Narine claimed 2-31, and pacer Kartik Tyagi returned 2-30, as host Hyderabad was bowled out for 165 runs in 19 overs.
Opener Travis Head smashed 61 off only 28 balls, but Hyderabad collapsed from 135-4 and lost its last six wickets for just 30 runs.
In reply, Kolkata finished with 169-3 in 18.2 overs. Impact player Angkrish Raghuvanshi top-scored for his team with 59 off 47 balls, hitting five fours and two sixes, while skipper Ajinkya Rahane hit a 36-ball 43.
It was Kolkata’s third successive win as it stayed eighth in the points’ table after nine games, rebounding after five losses and a no-result. Hyderabad’s slip meant it stayed third with a fourth loss in 10 games, missing the chance to go top.
Hyderabad won the toss and chose to bat first. Head hit nine fours and three sixes overall, and scored his second consecutive half-century off 22 balls. He put on 44 off 22 deliveries with Abhishek Sharma, who scored 15 and was caught off Tyagi.
The hosts reached 71-1 in the powerplay with Head and Ishan Kishan (42 off 29) adding another 61 runs off 32 balls. Chakravarthy got the breakthrough when Head was out caught in the ninth over.
Hyderabad slumped to 122-4 – Heinrich Klaasen went for 11 with Rovman Powell taking a splendid one-handed catch in the deep and Chakravarthy dismissed Ravichandran Smaran (4).
A key turning point came in the 16th over when Narine claimed two wickets, including Kishan's, and Hyderabad didn’t have any momentum in the death overs.
Overall, it lost nine wickets for 60 runs after being 105-1 in 8.5 overs.
In reply, Kolkata made a quick start – Finn Allen hit 29 off 13 balls, before he was caught off Pat Cummins.
Kolkata also made 71-1 in the powerplay. Rahane and Raghuvanshi put on 84 off 66 balls for the second wicket, effectively shutting out Hyderabad from the game.
Raghuvanshi reached his 50 off 39 balls – his third of the season.
Rinku Singh’s 22 not out off 11 balls took Kolkata home.
It was Kolkata’s 21st win in 32 games against Hyderabad – its best record against an opponent in the IPL.
Gujarat’s pace attack hit Punjab hard – none of its top-five batters reached 20. Kagiso Rabada took 2-22, after Siraj’s double blow in the first over.
Punjab was 47-5 in 8.4 overs, including the wicket of Iyer, who couldn’t rescue his side for once.
Stoinis and Shedge added 79 off 44 balls to give a fighting total for the Punjab bowlers, albeit very much under-par at the Narendra Modi Stadium.
Despite Shubman Gill’s early dismissal for five, Gujarat never looked in any trouble. Sudharsan scored his third half-century of the season – he also has a hundred against Royal Challengers Bengaluru.
He added 53 off 40 balls with Jos Buttler (26), as well as key partnerships with Nishant Sindhu (15) and Sundar later.
Iyer marshaled his bowlers well – Arshdeep Singh and Vijaykumar Vyshak shared four wickets. But Sundar held the lower order together to ease Gujarat to its sixth win in 10 games. The Titans are fifth – trailing Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Rajasthan on net run-rate. All four teams are on 12 points.
Punjab is still top of the table with 13 points from nine games, despite its twin losses.
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Gujarat Titans' Jason Holder celebrates the wicket of Punjab Kings' captain Shreyas Iyer during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Gujarat Titans and Punjab Kings in Ahmedabad, India, Sunday, May 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)
Gujarat Titans' Kagiso Rabada, left, celebrates the wicket of Punjab Kings' Suryansh Shedge with teammates during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Gujarat Titans and Punjab Kings in Ahmedabad, India, Sunday, May 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)
Gujarat Titans' Washington Sundar plays a shot during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Gujarat Titans and Punjab Kings in Ahmedabad, India, Sunday, May 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)
Kolkata Knight Riders' Varun Chakaravarthy bowls a delivery during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kolkata Knight Riders in Hyderabad , India, Sunday, May 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
Kolkata Knight Riders' captain Ajinkya Rahane plays a shot during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kolkata Knight Riders in Hyderabad , India, Sunday, May 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
Kolkata Knight Riders'captain Ajinkya Rahane, right, and Angkrish Raghuvanshi, encourage each other as they bat during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kolkata Knight Riders in Hyderabad, India, Sunday, May 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
